1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
19 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
23 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
24 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
25 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
26 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
27 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
28 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
29 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
30 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
31 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
33 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
35 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
38 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
39 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
42 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
43 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
45 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
46 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
50 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
51 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
55 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
56 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
60 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
61 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
62 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
63 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
67 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
68 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
69 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
70 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
71 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
73 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
74 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
78 * Add myself to Uploaders.
81 * Add myself to Uploaders.
82 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
84 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
85 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
86 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
88 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
90 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
92 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
93 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
98 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
100 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
102 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
107 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
108 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
110 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
112 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
113 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
117 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
118 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
125 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
127 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
128 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
130 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
132 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
133 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
134 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
137 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
138 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
142 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
146 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
148 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
149 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
150 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
151 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
152 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
153 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
154 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
155 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
156 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
157 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
158 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
159 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
160 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
161 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
162 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
163 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
164 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
165 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
166 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
167 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
168 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
169 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
170 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
171 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
172 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
173 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
174 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
175 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
176 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
177 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
179 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
180 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
181 links was completed long ago.
182 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
184 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
186 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
188 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
189 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
191 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
193 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
195 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
196 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
197 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
198 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
199 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
200 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
201 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
202 Millan (Closes: #209008).
203 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
204 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
206 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
208 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
210 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
211 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
212 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
213 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
214 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
215 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
216 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
218 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
219 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
220 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
221 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
223 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
224 Küster (Closes: #403391).
225 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
226 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
227 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
228 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
229 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
230 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
234 Closes: #186700, #458910
235 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
236 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
239 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
240 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
241 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
242 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
243 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
244 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
245 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
246 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
248 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
249 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
251 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
252 * Add an md5sums control file.
253 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
254 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
255 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
256 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
257 currently part of policy.
258 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
259 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
260 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
263 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
265 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
267 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
268 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
269 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
270 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
271 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
272 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
273 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
274 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
275 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
276 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
278 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
279 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
280 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
281 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
282 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
284 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
286 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
287 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
288 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
290 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
291 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
292 list?" (Closes: #412634).
293 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
294 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
295 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
296 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
297 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
298 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
299 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
300 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
301 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
302 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
303 debconf specification.
304 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
305 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
307 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
309 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
312 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
313 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
314 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
315 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
317 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
319 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
320 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
321 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
322 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
323 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
325 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
326 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
327 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
328 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
329 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
330 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
331 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
332 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
333 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
334 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
335 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
336 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
337 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
339 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
340 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
344 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
345 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
346 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
347 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
348 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
349 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
350 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
351 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
353 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
355 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
358 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
359 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
361 Polo (Closes: #372497).
362 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
363 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
366 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
367 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
368 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
370 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
372 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
373 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
374 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
376 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
377 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
378 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
379 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
380 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
381 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
383 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
385 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
387 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
388 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
389 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
390 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
392 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
393 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
395 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
397 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
399 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
400 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
401 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
402 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
403 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
404 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
405 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
406 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
407 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
408 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
410 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
411 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
413 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
414 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
415 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
417 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
418 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
419 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
420 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
423 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
425 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
427 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
428 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
429 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
430 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
431 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
432 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
433 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
434 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
435 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
436 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
437 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
438 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
439 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
440 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
441 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
442 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
443 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
444 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
445 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
446 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
447 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
448 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
449 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
450 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
451 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
452 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
453 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
454 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
456 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
457 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
458 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
459 Hess (Closes: #362247).
460 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
461 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
462 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
463 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
464 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
465 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
466 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
467 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
468 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
469 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
470 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
471 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
473 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
474 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
476 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
477 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
478 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
479 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
480 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
481 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
482 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
483 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
484 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
485 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
486 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
488 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
490 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
493 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
494 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
495 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
496 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
497 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
498 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
499 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
500 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
501 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
502 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
503 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
504 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
505 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
507 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
508 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
509 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
510 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
511 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
512 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
513 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
514 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
515 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
516 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
517 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
518 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
519 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
521 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
522 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
523 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
524 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
525 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
528 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
530 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
532 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
533 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
534 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
535 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
537 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
538 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
539 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
540 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
542 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
544 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
547 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
548 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
549 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
550 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
551 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
552 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
553 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
554 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
555 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
556 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
558 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
559 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
560 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
562 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
563 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
564 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
565 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
566 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
567 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
568 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
570 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
571 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
572 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
573 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
575 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
576 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
577 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
578 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
579 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
580 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
581 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
582 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
584 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
585 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
586 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
587 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
588 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
589 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
590 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
591 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
592 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
593 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
594 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
595 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
596 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
597 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
598 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
599 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
600 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
602 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
604 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
607 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
608 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
609 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
610 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
611 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
612 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
613 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
614 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
615 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
617 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
618 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
619 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
620 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
621 this section. closes: Bug#248618
622 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
623 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
624 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
625 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
626 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
627 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
628 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
629 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
630 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
631 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
632 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
633 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
636 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
637 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
640 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
641 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
642 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
644 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
645 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
646 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
647 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
648 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
649 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
651 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
652 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
654 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
655 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
656 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
657 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
658 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
659 Closes: #185943, #237049
661 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
663 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
666 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
669 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
670 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
671 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
672 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
673 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
674 running. closes: Bug#187250
675 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
676 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
677 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
678 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
679 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
680 user closes: Bug#176506
682 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
684 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
687 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
688 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
689 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
690 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
691 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
692 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
693 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
694 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
695 deb-building toolchain.
696 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
697 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
698 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
699 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
700 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
701 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
702 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
703 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
704 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
705 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
706 sections about changelog files.
708 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
709 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
710 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
711 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
712 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
713 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
715 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
716 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
717 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
718 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
719 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
720 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
721 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
722 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
723 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
724 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
725 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
726 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
727 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
728 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
729 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
730 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
731 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
732 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
733 for the restructuring
735 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
737 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
740 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
742 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
743 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
744 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
745 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
746 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
747 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
749 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
750 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
751 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
752 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
753 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
754 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
755 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
757 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
758 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
759 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
760 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
762 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
764 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
767 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
768 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
769 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
770 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
771 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
772 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
774 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
775 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
776 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
777 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
779 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
780 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
781 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
782 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
783 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
784 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
785 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
786 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
787 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
789 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
790 script should start it, closes: #60979
791 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
792 "should", closes: #170019
793 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
794 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
795 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
796 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
797 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
798 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
799 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
800 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
803 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
805 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
808 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
809 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
810 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
811 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
812 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
813 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
814 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
815 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
816 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
818 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
819 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
820 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
821 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
822 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
823 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
824 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
825 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
826 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
828 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
829 file, closes: Bug#65764
831 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
833 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
835 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
836 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
837 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
838 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
839 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
840 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
841 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
842 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
843 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
844 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
845 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
846 details. closes: Bug#133030
847 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
848 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
851 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
853 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
855 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
856 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
857 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
858 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
859 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
860 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
861 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
862 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
863 not. closes: Bug#139820
864 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
865 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
866 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
867 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
868 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
869 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
870 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
871 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
872 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
873 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
875 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
877 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
878 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
879 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
880 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
881 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
882 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
883 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
884 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
885 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
886 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
887 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
888 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
889 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
890 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
891 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
892 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
893 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
894 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
895 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
896 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
898 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
899 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
900 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
901 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
902 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
903 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
904 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
906 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
907 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
908 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
909 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
910 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
911 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
912 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
913 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
914 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
916 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
918 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
920 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
921 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
922 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
923 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
924 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
925 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
926 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
927 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
928 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
929 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
930 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
931 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
932 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
933 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
934 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
935 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
936 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
937 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
938 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
939 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
940 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
941 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
942 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
944 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
946 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
948 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
949 medium, high, emergency.
950 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
951 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
952 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
953 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
954 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
957 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
958 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
959 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
961 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
962 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
963 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
964 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
965 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
966 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
967 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
970 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
972 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
974 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
975 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
976 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
977 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
979 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
980 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
981 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
982 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
983 debian/rules to do this
984 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
985 patches are incorporated upstream
986 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
987 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
988 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
989 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
990 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
991 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
993 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
994 system closes: Bug#91249
995 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
996 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
997 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
998 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
999 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1000 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1001 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1002 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1003 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1004 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1005 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1006 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1007 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1009 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1011 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1014 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1015 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1016 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1018 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1019 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1020 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1022 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1025 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1027 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1030 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1031 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1032 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1033 package for the time being
1034 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1035 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1036 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1037 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1038 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1039 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1040 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1041 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1042 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1043 Build-Depends arch syntax
1044 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1046 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1047 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1049 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1050 from policy maintenance duties.
1051 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1052 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1054 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1056 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1058 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1060 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1062 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1065 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1066 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1067 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1068 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1069 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1070 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1071 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1072 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1073 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1074 minor version number for this
1075 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1076 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1077 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1078 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1079 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1080 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1081 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1082 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1083 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1085 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1087 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1090 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1091 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1092 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1093 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1095 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1097 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1098 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1099 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1100 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1101 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1102 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1103 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1104 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1105 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1106 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1107 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1108 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1109 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1110 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1111 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1112 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1117 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1120 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1122 * Document the Enhances relationship
1123 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1124 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1125 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1126 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1127 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1128 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1130 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1132 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1133 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1134 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1135 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1137 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1138 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1139 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1140 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1141 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1145 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1148 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1149 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1151 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1152 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1153 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1154 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1155 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1156 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1157 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1158 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1159 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1161 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1163 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1165 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1168 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1169 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1170 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1171 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1172 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1173 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1174 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1175 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1176 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1177 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1178 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1179 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1180 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1181 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1182 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1183 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1184 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1185 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1186 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1187 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1188 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1190 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1191 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1193 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1195 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1198 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1199 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1200 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1201 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1202 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1203 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1204 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1205 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1206 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1207 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1208 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1209 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1210 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1211 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1212 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1213 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1214 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1215 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1216 list closes: Bug#53756
1217 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1218 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1219 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1220 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1221 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1222 policy closes: Bug#53760
1223 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1224 policy closes: Bug#53761
1225 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1226 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1227 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1228 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1229 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1230 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1231 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1232 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1233 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1234 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1235 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1237 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1238 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1239 to install with older fileutils.
1240 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1241 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1242 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1243 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1245 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1246 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1250 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1252 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1253 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1255 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1257 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1259 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1260 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1262 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1265 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1268 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1270 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1272 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1274 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1277 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1279 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1281 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1283 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1284 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1285 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1286 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1287 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1288 directoried (closes: #41547)
1289 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1290 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1291 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1292 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1293 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1294 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1295 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1296 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1297 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1298 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1299 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1301 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1302 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1303 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1304 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1305 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1306 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1307 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1309 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1310 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1311 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1312 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1314 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1316 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1318 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1319 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1321 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1323 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1326 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1328 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1330 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1333 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1335 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1336 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1337 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1338 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1339 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1340 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1341 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1342 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1343 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1344 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1345 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1346 this closes: Bug#38612
1347 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1348 before. closes: Bug#40864
1350 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1352 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1355 officially uploaded.
1356 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1358 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1359 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1360 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1362 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1363 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1364 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1365 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1366 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1367 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1369 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1370 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1371 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1373 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1375 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1376 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1377 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1378 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1379 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1381 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1383 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1385 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1386 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1387 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1388 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1389 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1390 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1391 there). closes: Bug#34233
1392 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1393 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1394 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1395 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1396 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1398 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1400 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1402 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1403 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1404 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1405 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1408 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1409 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1410 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1411 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1412 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1415 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1416 number. closes: BUG#25911
1418 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1419 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1420 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1421 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1422 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1423 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1425 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1426 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1427 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1430 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1431 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1432 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1434 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1435 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1436 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1437 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1439 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1440 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1441 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1443 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1445 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1446 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1447 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1448 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1449 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1450 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1451 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1452 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1455 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1457 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1458 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1461 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1463 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1467 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1469 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1472 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1473 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1474 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1475 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1476 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1477 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1478 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1480 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1481 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1483 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1485 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1487 * non-maintainer release
1488 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1489 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1491 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1492 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1493 * no content changes
1494 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1496 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1498 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1502 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1504 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1506 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1508 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1509 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1510 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1512 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1513 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1515 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1516 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1517 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1518 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1520 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1521 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1522 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1523 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1524 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1525 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1526 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1528 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1529 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1530 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1533 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1534 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1535 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1537 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1538 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1539 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1541 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1542 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1544 * New version numbering scheme:
1546 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1547 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1548 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1551 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1552 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1553 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1554 differ between the manuals.
1556 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1557 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1558 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1559 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1561 * Packaging changes:
1563 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1564 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1566 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1568 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1570 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1574 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1575 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1576 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1578 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1579 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1582 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1583 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1584 file extension as the referenced file
1586 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1587 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1589 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1590 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1591 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1592 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1595 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1596 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1597 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1599 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1600 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1601 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1602 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1605 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1606 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1609 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1610 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1611 reasonable default configuration
1613 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1614 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1615 by all news servers and clients
1617 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1618 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1619 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1620 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1621 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1623 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1624 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1627 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1629 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1630 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1632 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1635 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1636 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1638 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1639 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1641 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1643 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1645 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1647 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1648 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1649 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1650 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1652 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1654 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1655 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1656 * Don't use debstd anymore
1658 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1660 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1662 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1663 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1664 contrib/non-free policy
1665 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1666 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1667 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1668 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1669 - new section about `Daemons'
1670 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1671 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1672 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1673 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1674 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1675 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1676 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1677 * SGML source code included in package
1678 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1680 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1682 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1684 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1685 - completely reworked structure
1686 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1687 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1688 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1689 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1690 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1691 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1692 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1693 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1694 - mention "orphaned packages"
1695 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1696 distributions' policy
1697 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1698 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1699 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1700 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1701 - added section about arch spec strings
1702 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1703 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1704 - added section about "menus"
1705 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1706 the new documentation policy soon
1707 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1708 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1710 - added section about editors and pagers
1711 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1712 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1713 - added section about device files
1714 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1715 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1716 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1718 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1719 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1720 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1721 - Added new section about obsolete names
1722 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1723 * Fixed package's description
1725 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1727 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1729 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1733 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1735 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1736 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1737 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1738 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1740 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1742 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1744 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1745 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1746 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1748 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1749 and upload it "byhand" too.
1751 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1753 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1756 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1757 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1758 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1759 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1760 functionality must not have the same name.
1761 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1762 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1763 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1764 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1765 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1766 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1767 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1769 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1770 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1771 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1772 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1773 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1774 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1775 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1776 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1779 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1781 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1783 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1785 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1786 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1787 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1788 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1789 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1792 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1794 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1796 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1798 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1799 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1800 description of deb file format.
1801 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1802 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1804 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1806 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1807 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1809 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1811 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1813 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1814 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1815 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1816 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1817 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1818 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1819 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1820 packages in section on Procedure
1821 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1822 a package maintainer
1823 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1824 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1825 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1827 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1828 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1829 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1830 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1831 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1832 on various shlib files
1833 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1834 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1835 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1837 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1839 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1841 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1842 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1843 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1845 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1846 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1847 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1848 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1849 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1851 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1853 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1855 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1857 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1859 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1860 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1861 compatibility go in contrib.
1863 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1864 instructions in policy manual.
1865 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1868 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1870 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1872 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1873 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1874 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1875 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1877 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1878 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1881 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1883 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1885 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1886 * More detail about changelog format names.
1888 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1889 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1893 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1895 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1897 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1899 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1901 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1903 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1905 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1907 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1908 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1909 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1911 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1913 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1915 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1917 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1919 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1923 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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